Priscilla's failing kidneys

[Catty1]

She's on a low-protein diet?

It seems from what I read here that many cats like Royal Canin food. They have a low-protein food, and it might be less expensive than some of the other vet foods.

With the right diet and fluids, Priscilla can have a good life for many more years. Did the vet have any suggestions?

I think someone here on PT posted a link to a site on cats with kidney problems.
Hopefully they will again.

Good luck with the little girl! Scritches and tummy rubs!

[RedHedd]

With the right diet and fluids, Priscilla can have a good life for many more years. Did the vet have any suggestions?

I totally agree with that. Mishi has failing kidneys and has "episodes" a few times a year when I have to rush him to the kitty ER. Aside from that he's living a (somewhat) normal life. He's on a prescription diet - right now it's Hill's X/D because he tends to get bladder stones. If I recall, K/D is the kidney diet and is available both in dry kibble and canned.

Prayers going out your way that Priscilla pulls through this period and gets to spend many more Christmases with you. She's beautiful!

[Laura's Babies]

I have no experience with this but just want you to know I am pulling for your baby to bounce right back!

[Barbara]

Filou who is only ten has kidney failure as well.
He lives with it for more than 1,5 years now- getting fluids every week and eating diet food.
He hated Hill's k/d but he loves Royal Canin Renal. It comes in little pouches which is good as the cans of Hill's were too much for him and once open he didn't like them
He likes the dry Royal Canin Renal even more. Even Tigris who is not on a diet goes crazy for these kibbles.

All the best for Priscilla.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear about Priscilla. I hope that she'll continue to thrive for many more years to come. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way.

[Kalei]

[Oh no that is so sad. I have no idea what to do with a cat that has kidney failure, but I will definately pray for the poor kitty.

[phesina]

Dear everybody, thank you so much for the encouraging words. I'm so glad to learn that kidney-challenged cats can keep going for a long time.

She'd been getting KD and Eukanuba Multi-Stage Renal kibble and wet food for quite a while but doesn't much like either. Then about a month ago she lost all interest in eating and was really weak and thin. I took her to the vet's. They kept her there for 3 days. Then I brought her home and have been giving her sub-Q fluids twice a day.

We've tried different medications. Her BUN and Creatinine (lab indicators of kidney function) have come down a lot (though they're still too high), but she is anemic too and her hematocrit (red cell count?) is still way down.

Since that bad state, the idea is more to get her to eat SOMETHING and I should give her anything she'd like, so I keep trying different wet and dry cat foods. (The other cats, environmentally conscious as they are, are all very happy to clean up the food she doesn't like so it doesn't go to waste!) What she likes one meal she may turn up her nose at the next, so it's a constant trial and error.

Since several of you have mentioned Royal Canin Renal, I will try to find that. Is that a prescription food that I'd have to get from a vet?

Candace, RedHedd, Laura, Barbara, KAK, and Kalei, thank you so much for your prayers and good wishes and kind thoughts and positive energies!

Pat and Priscilla